Area guide · England
Lincolnshire grammar schools: how it works and its 15 schools
Unverified: the dates and scores on this page come from desk research of council, school and test organiser pages (medium confidence), and each links to its source. Admissions rules change every year: confirm them with your council and the school before you rely on them.
Key dates for September 2027 entry
- Register for the test
- 7 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
- Test dates
- 12 September 2026, 19 September 2026
- Results sent to families
- 9 October 2026
- Apply to your council
- By 31 October 2026 (September 2027 entry). Passing the test is not an application: you must also name the school on your council's application form. This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027
12 Sep verbal reasoning, 19 Sep non-verbal reasoning. Opening varies by school (7 or 9 Jan); some schools closed 20 Mar; one school late window to 17 Jul 2026. Caistor Grammar runs its own process (registration closed 14 Aug 2026). Results from grammar schools are not an offer.
Sources: kings.lincs.sch.uk/admissions/entry-to-year-7-in-september-2027/registration-for-entry-2027, kings.lincs.sch.uk/admissions/entry-to-year-7-in-september-2027, kestevengrantham.lincs.sch.uk. Statutory dates: School Admissions Code.
Schools
| School | Gender | First choices per place | Qualifying score | Latest published offer data | Children from outside the catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston High School Boston | Girls | 1.3 (2026) | – | – | Yes For September 2026 and 2027 entry any child reaching the qualifying score can be offered a place; if oversubscribed, places go by straight-line distance. |
| Bourne Grammar School Bourne | Mixed | 1.3 (2026) | – | Sept 2025 entry
| Yes For September 2026 and 2027 entry any child reaching the qualifying score of 220 can be offered a place; most places go by straight-line distance, so children living further away are less likely to get one. |
| Caistor Grammar School Caistor | Mixed | 1.3 (2026) | – | – | Sometimes For September 2027 entry, qualifying children living more than 6.5 miles away get any remaining places, highest verbal reasoning scores first. |
| Carre's Grammar School Sleaford | Boys | 0.8 (2026) | – | – | Yes For September 2026 and 2027 entry any child reaching the qualifying score can be offered a place; if oversubscribed, places go by straight-line distance. |
| Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School Grantham | Girls | 1.5 (2026) | – | – | Yes For September 2026 and 2027 entry any girl reaching the qualifying score of 220 can be offered a place; places go by straight-line distance, so those living further away are less likely to get one. |
| Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy Sleaford | Girls | 1.2 (2026) | – | – | Yes For September 2026 and 2027 entry any child reaching the qualifying score can be offered a place; if oversubscribed, places go by straight-line distance. |
| King Edward VI Grammar School Louth | Mixed | 1.1 (2026) | – | – | Sometimes For September 2026 and 2027 entry, if there are not enough qualifying children from the catchment and named primary schools, other qualifying children are admitted in order of test score. |
| Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy Alford | Mixed | 1.3 (2026) | – | – | Sometimes For September 2027 entry, qualifying children from outside the designated transport area who do not attend a primary school in it are considered last (siblings, then pupil premium or service premium, then others), in order of test score. The school says that historically everyone in the area or at an area primary school has got a place. |
| Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle Horncastle | Mixed | 1.4 (2026) | – | Sept 2026 entry
| Sometimes For September 2026 and 2027 entry, qualifying children from outside the designated transport area get any remaining places in order of test score. The lowest score offered outside the area was 244 in 2026 and 235 in 2025 (council figures). |
| Skegness Grammar School Skegness | Mixed | 1.8 (2026) | – | – | Sometimes For September 2026 and 2027 entry, qualifying children from outside the designated transport area get any remaining places, nearest first. |
| Spalding Grammar School Spalding | Boys | 1.0 (2026) | 220 (for Sept 2025 entry) | Sept 2025 entry
| Sometimes For September 2026 and 2027 entry, boys from outside Spalding and the feeder parishes are offered any remaining places in score order, highest first. The last such place went at a score of 222 in 2025 and 226 in 2024. |
| Spalding High School Spalding | Girls | 1.4 (2026) | – | – | Yes For September 2026 and 2027 entry any girl reaching the qualifying score of 220 can be offered a place; if oversubscribed, places go by straight-line distance. |
| The Boston Grammar School Boston | Boys | 1.2 (2026) | – | – | Yes For September 2026 and 2027 entry any child reaching the qualifying score can be offered a place; if oversubscribed, places go by straight-line distance. |
| The King's School, Grantham Grantham | Boys | 1.6 (2026) | – | Sept 2022 entry (older data)
| Sometimes For September 2026 and 2027 entry, boys living more than 30 miles away get any places left after the within-30-miles group, in order of test score. |
| The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough Gainsborough | Mixed | 1.2 (2026) | – | Sept 2026 entry
| Yes Distance-ranked among qualified applicants. |
A qualifying score makes a child eligible; places then go by each school's oversubscription rules (often distance, catchment or score order), so the lowest score offered can be well above it. Offer data shows the last child offered a place in each group in that intake; it does not mean every child at that score or distance got a place. First choices per place: DfE applications and offers (official), latest intake. Qualifying scores, offer data and catchment rules: research, with sources and caveats on each school's page. "–" means not yet available.